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Period prevalence and types of psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women in an urban Swedish community
- Authors:
- SYDSJO Gunilla, WADSBY Marie
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 12(4), October 2003, pp.302-306.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
During a three-year period a total population of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Linköping, Sweden was screened for being at psychosocial risk. The prevalence of different psychosocial risk factors was compared with the corresponding prevalence in women referred to and accepting or declining to take part in a specialised training programme at a parent-baby clinic. In general, the present study showed that there was a constant proportion of about 4-5% of pregnant women with psychosocial risk factors. Psychiatric problems and social problems of relevance for pregnancies/parenthood were about equally frequent (i.e. 44 and 45%), while drug-addiction problems were at 11%. Only one in three women with risk factors were eventually referred to the parent-baby clinic, and every second woman referred finally took part in the programme. With the knowledge that an early intervention in families with psychosocial risk factors may alleviate some adverse or disadvantageous developments in children, it is a challenge to identify and to motivate these women to enrol in various support and training programmes. There are still too few pregnant women at risk who are ready to accept the further support that they may need, and the rationale for their reluctance must be better known.
Evaluation of an intervention programme to support mothers and babies at psychosocial risk: assessment of mother/child interaction and mother's perception of benefit
- Authors:
- WADSBY Marie, SYDSJO Gunilla, SVEDIN Sven Goran
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(3), May 2001, pp.125-133.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The outcome of a short-term intervention programme for mothers at psychosocial risk was evaluated. The study included 63 mothers and their 0-6 month-old babies who participated in a 6-week intensive treatment programme. A positive change occurred in several aspects of mother-child interaction, according to assessments made by independent raters and according to the mothers themselves. The number of mothers who were positive towards the treatment rose from 34 in the beginning of the treatment to 56 at the end. Concludes that a short but intensive intervention seems to have a positive outcome on mother-child interaction, and was in most cases linked to a positive attitude.